RoTo Architects Los Angeles: Michael Rotondi

RoTo Architects Architecture

post updated July 21, 2026

RoTo : Contemporary Architects Practice, Los Angeles, USA

RoTo Architects – Description

Michael Rotondi is an internationally recognized Architect-Educator based in Los Angeles. He is the Founder and Principal of RoTo Architects (1991-present), a founding partner of Morphosis Architects (1975-1991), and a co-founder at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), where he was Director from 1987-1997 and continues to teach as distinguished faculty.

Since its founding in 1991, RoTo Architects has worked on diverse projects including one-of-a-kind residences, land and wildlife conservation, and educational and spiritual communities. The RoTo team understands the necessity of sustaining the integrity of a client’s long-term vision in a short-cycle world, bringing trans-disciplinary knowledge and technical expertise to every aspect of a project and working collaboratively to synthesize all elements into a high-performing whole.

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RoTo Architects – Key Projects

Featured Buildings by RoTo Architects, Inc., alphabetical, mostly in California, USA:

Belmont Beach Aquatic Center

Carlson-Reges Residence (1992-1996)

Contemporary Craftsman House

Joshua Tree House (2002)

Madame Tussauds Hollywood (2009)

Miracle Manor Retreat (1997)

Nicola Restaurant (1992-1993)

New Jersey House / Teiger Residence (1996)

Pacoima Neighborhood City Hall (2010)

Prairie View A&M University School of Art & Architecture (2005)

Sinte Gleska University (SGU) (1997)

Sunrise Farms Hub + Preserve

UCSD La Jolla Playhouse (2005)

View Silo House / Gompertz Residence (2001)

Warehouse C (1995)

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RoTo Architects – Project Submissions

Project Title: Carlson-Reges Residence

Client: Richard Carlson and Kathy Reges
Architect: Roto Architects

Site area: 48,000 sf
Gross Floor area: 9,180 sf
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Status: Completed / Renovation in Progress
Project start date: 1992
Project completion date: 1996

Photos courtesy of Michael Rotondi

Project Title: Miracle Manor Retreat

Client: N/A
Architect: Roto Architects
4,000 SF
Location: Desert Hot Springs, CA
Status: Completed
Project completion date: 1997

Collaborators: April Greiman

Photographers: April Greiman, Michael Rotondi

67621 Desert View Ave, Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240

Project Title: New Jersey House / Teiger Residence

Client: David Teiger
Architect: Roto Architects
Gross Floor area: 6,400 SF
Location: Bernardsville, NJ
Status: Completed
Project start date: 1990
Project completion date: 1996

Collaborators:

Photos courtesy of Michael Rotondi

101 Antelope Lk Cir, Mission, SD 57555

Project Title: Pacoima Neighborhood City Hall

Client: City of Los Angeles

Architect: Roto Architects
SF: 15,000

Site: 38,000
Location: Pacoima, CA
Status: Completed
Project completion date: 2011

Photographer: Lane Barden

13520 Van Nuys Blvd, Pacoima, CA 91331

Project Title: Prairie View A&M University School of Art & Architecture

Client: Prairie View A&M University
Architect: Roto Architects

SF: 105,000
Location: Prairie View, TX
Status: Completed
Project start date: 2003
Project completion date: 2005

Photographer: Farshid Assassi

100 L.W. Minor Street, Prairie View, TX 77446

Project Title: Sinte Gleska University

Public tribal land-grant university

Architect: Roto Architects

Principals: Michael Rotondi and Clark Stevens

Project Architect: Michael Volk

Engineer: Ove Arup & Partners (structural, mechanical, electrical); Dakota Railway Consultants Inc. (civil)

Design consultant: April Greiman

Project Management: Brice Biesman

General Contractor: Shingobee Builders

Timber Construction: Paul Baines Timberframe Construction

Concrete and rammed earth: Native American construction

Site area: 50 acres
Gross Floor area: 17,000 SF
Location: Rosebud Indian Reservation, Mission, South Dakota
Status: 3 buildings completed of master plan
Project start date: 1997
Project completion date: 1999

Collaborators: Jim Bassett, Kenneth Kim, Michael Volk

Photographer: Benny Chan/Fotoworks

Project Title: View Silo House / Gompertz Residence

Client: Ron Gompertz
Architect: Roto Architects

Site area: 14 acres
Gross Floor area: 1500 SF
Location: Paradise Valley, Montana
Status: Completed
Project start date: 2000
Project completion date: 2001

Photographer: Ron Gompertz, Clark Stevens

More architecture projects by RoTo Architects online soon

Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA

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